Ora Gologergen was born in Gambell in 1916. Hear tales of her childhood from stories she shared during her 2008 interview in Savoonga with KNOM’s Elder Voices.

Tune in every Wednesday at 11am, and again at 6pm to hear elders’ stories from KNOM’s Elder Voices archive: a window to the past, a door to the future.

]]>http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2016/12/06/elder-voices-ora-gologergen/feed/026471Elder Voices: Norbert Kakarukhttp://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2016/11/29/elder-voices-norbert-kakaruk/
http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2016/11/29/elder-voices-norbert-kakaruk/#commentsWed, 30 Nov 2016 00:00:41 +0000http://www.knom.org/wp/?p=26443In 1938, Norbert Kakaruk was born in a sod house in Mary's Igloo. His January 2008 interview details his life and experiences growing up in western Alaska without his eyesight.]]>http://www.knom.org/wp-audio/2016/11/2016-12-07-elder-voices-Norbert-Kakaruk.mp3

In 1938, Norbert Kakaruk was born in a sod house in Mary’s Igloo. Listen to his January 2008 interview with KNOM’s Elder Voices, detailing his life and experiences growing up in western Alaska without his eyesight.

Revisit stories from the Elder Voices archive every week on the air at 11am and again at 6pm on Wednesdays, only on KNOM: yours for the stories of western Alaska’s elders.

]]>http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2016/11/29/elder-voices-norbert-kakaruk/feed/126443Elder Voices: Irene Katchataghttp://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2016/11/22/elder-voices-irene-katchatag/
http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2016/11/22/elder-voices-irene-katchatag/#commentsWed, 23 Nov 2016 00:00:19 +0000http://www.knom.org/wp/?p=26079On this week's episode of Elder Voices, we visit with Unalakleet's Irene Katchatag, through her interview with KNOM from April 2002.]]>http://www.knom.org/wp-audio/2016/11/2016-11-23-elder-voices-Irene-Katchatag.mp3

On this week’s episode of Elder Voices, we visit with Unalakleet’s Irene Katchatag, through her interview with KNOM from April 2002.

Irene recalls her childhood chores, along with the carefree days. Recounting wisdom she remembers from her elders, she shares her life, one story at a time.

Join KNOM every Wednesday at 11am and again at 6pm, for a rebroadcast of the beloved series Elder Voices: sharing the stories and history of western Alaska.

]]>http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2016/11/22/elder-voices-irene-katchatag/feed/126079Elder Voices: Steven Agloingahttp://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2016/11/15/elder-voices-steven-agloinga/
http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2016/11/15/elder-voices-steven-agloinga/#respondWed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:23 +0000http://www.knom.org/wp/?p=26098Steven Agloinga was born in White Mountain in 1926. Steven shares his story in a rebroadcast of Elder Voices from a 2004 interview with KNOM. Join KNOM every Wednesday at 11am and again at 6pm, for a rebroadcast of the beloved series Elder Voices.]]>http://www.knom.org/wp-audio/2016/11/2016-11-30-elder-voices-Steven-Agloinga.mp3

Steven Agloinga was born in White Mountain in 1926. In a 2004 interview with KNOM’s Elder Voices, Steven recalls details from the decades of his life.

From childhood work and play, to his time in the army, to growing his own family, Steven shares his story with care and laughter.

Join KNOM every Wednesday at 11am and again at 6pm, for a rebroadcast of the beloved series Elder Voices: sharing the stories and history of western Alaska.

This series features Yupik Elder Harriet Penayah. Listen to the previous episode here.

Harriet Penayah stays active in her community. The 80 year-old elder teaches children native drumming and dance. She also recently opened up her home to her community’s youth.

Savoonga has no teen center. After the “hang-out place” closed down, Harriet saw teens in her community needed a safe and private place to call their own. So she welcomed Savoonga’s teens into her home, and encouraged them to play instruments and fed them snacks like popcorn and juice.

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility,” Harriet says. “It’s easy to say it’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem. But we are all part of Alaska.”

KNOM’s Elder Voices features a new Western Alaskan elder each month. If you would like to be featured, or know an elder who would, contact us. Call 907-443-5221, or send an email to publicaffairs@knom.org.

]]>2360Elder Voices: Harriet Penayah, Part Onehttp://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2013/05/01/elder-voices-harriet-penayah-part-one/
Thu, 02 May 2013 00:34:10 +0000http://www.knom.org/news/wp/?p=2320This episode is the first of a three-part series featuring Yupik elder Harriet Penayah.

When Harriet Penayah was growing up in Savoonga in the 1930s, the Alaska native village looked much the same as it does today. “No igloos,” she says, “no sod houses.” Just wooden-frame homes clustered above the black sandy beach. But, she says, the Savoonga of her childhood was marked by a stronger sense of community.

In this first episode of a three-part series, Harriet Penayah reflects on the hard years before planes, four-wheelers, and doctors frequented the St. Lawrence Island village the Yupik elder still calls home.

At 62, Winton Weyapuk Jr. is a young elder. But he is a wealth of information about the Inupiaq language and marine mammal subsistence in his native village of Wales. Winton’s passion for preserving Inupiaq and the subsistence lifestyle started as a boy, learning how to navigate sea ice in an umiak skinboat with his father, and listening to his elders tell him ghost stories that chilled him to the bone.

Winton Weyapuk Jr. tells his story on this month’s episode of Elder Voices: